MISO says it has 146 GW of capacity to cover a projected 122 GW summer peak. However, staff said emergency declarations could be made.

MISO planners stressed the importance of long-range transmission planning at a recent stakeholders' workshop, but some representatives were skeptical.

Winter Storm Uri continued to command attention in the energy sector, dominating conversations at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s spring conference.

Experts appearing at the Missouri Energy Initiative’s virtual Midwest Energy Policy Series discussed infrastructure, cybersecurity and FERC Order 2222.

Xcel Energy’s push to add nearly 10 GW of renewable energy will hinge largely on long-haul transmission projects, CEO Ben Fowke said.

Mich. regulators will assess a 2019 MISO transmission project to determine whether it should remain in the grid operator’s 2019 Transmission Expansion Plan.

Vistra boosted its loss from February’s winter storm to $1.6 billion, an increase from its previous estimate of as much as $1.3 billion.

MISO is experiencing minimal COVID-19 impacts on load and demand is essentially back to normal, an RTO official said last week.

While Midwest states do not have energy storage targets or mandates, the storage market will grow there through integrated resource planning.

Public consumer groups are dismayed over Duke Energy Indiana’s allowing a Singaporean government-owned investment firm to own a 20% stake in the company.